The Military of the United States is deployed in many countries across the world. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government in the aftermath of World War II thought it needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, the US has deployed troops to locations considered strategic in the War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active personnel, and over 325,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories. The Military of the United States, officially known as the United States Armed Forces, is structured into five branches consisting of the: United States Army United States Navy United States Marine Corps United States Air Force United States Coast Guard All branches are part of the United States Uniformed Services. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The war on terrorism or war on terror (abbreviated in U.S. policy circles as GWOT for Global War on Terror) is an effort by the governments of the United States and its principal allies to destroy groups deemed to be terrorist (primarily radical Islamist organizations such as al-Qaeda...

The American military is also engaged in conflicts in several countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq, and is also deployed to several peacekeeping missions.

The following is a list of countries, by region, in which the US military has deployed troops. Many of the numbers are based on Department of Defense statistics [1] from June 2005. Most of the countries listed here are countries with significant (more than 100) numbers of American soldiers. The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby...

Combat Zones

• Iraq - 169,200 troops. The American military, along with some 26,000 troops from other nations, currently provides security and reinforces the new Iraqi government following the invasion in 2003.
• Afghanistan – About 19,500 American troops are in Afghanistan, following the invasion in 2001 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Around 6,500 other troops from the International Security Assistance Force are also deployed in Afghanistan.
• Kosovo - There are around 1,700 Americans in Kosovo under The Kosovo Force (KFOR).

Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom South Korea Australia Poland Romania others. ... Combatants al-Qaeda Taliban Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Afghanistan Northern Alliance United States ISAF NATO members: United Kingdom Canada Netherlands other allies Commanders Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Omar, Obaidullah Akhund Mullah Dadullah Bismillah Khan Tommy Franks Dan McNeill David Fraser Strength Taliban: unknown al-Qaeda: unknown Afghan National Army: 43... Combatants United States Canada Australia United Kingdom Netherlands Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only) Northern Alliance GUAM Poland Italy Visegrad Group Hungary Ethiopia Somalia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Vilnius group Croatia Albania Macedonia Romania Bulgaria Taliban al-Qaeda Abu Sayyaf Jemaah Islamiyah Islamic Courts Union Commanders General Tommy Franks Brig. ... Logo of ISAF. Persian writing: کمک و همکاری (Komak va Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation.. International Security Assistance Force (6) (ISAF) is an international stabilization force in Afghanistan led by NATO and consisting of about 32,000 personnel from 37 nations as of October 5, 2006. ... Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova),(Serbian: Косово и Метохија or Kosovo i Metohija, also Космет or Kosmet) is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. ... Pocket badge of the KFOR Ukrainian soldier on foot patrolling in Serbian village near Brezovica KFOR vehicle of the French Army The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ...

Africa

There are about 800 American troops stationed in Africa.

• Djibouti – Around 200. Deployed as a result of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
• Egypt – 384, part of Multinational Force and Observers, a peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula

Combatants United States Canada Australia United Kingdom Netherlands Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only) Northern Alliance GUAM Poland Italy Visegrad Group Hungary Ethiopia Somalia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Vilnius group Croatia Albania Macedonia Romania Bulgaria Taliban al-Qaeda Abu Sayyaf Jemaah Islamiyah Islamic Courts Union Commanders General Tommy Franks Brig. ... The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is an international peacekeeping force. ... Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 For other uses of the word Sinai, please see: Sinai (disambiguation). ...

Asia

The US military has about 97,000 troops in Asia (not including the Middle East or Central Asia). A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...

• South Korea – 40,258 troops; they have been deployed to counter North Korea since the Korean War.
• Japan – 40,045 troops; they have been deployed here since 1945 and are still deployed to counter the threat from North Korea.^{[citation needed]}
• Diego Garcia - 491
• the Philippines – About 100 American troops are deployed here as part of OEF-P.
• Singapore – 196
• Thailand – 113
• Afloat – 16,601

Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea  Australia  Belgium  Luxembourg  Canada  Colombia  Ethiopia  France  Greece  Luxembourg  Netherlands  New Zealand  Philippines  South Africa  Thailand  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States Medical staff:  Denmark  Australia  Italy  Norway  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea  Peoples Republic of China  Soviet Union Commanders... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Diego Garcia () is an atoll located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, some 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) south of Indias southern coast. ... Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines (OEF-PI) is part of Operation Enduring Freedom and the U.S. war on terrorism. ...

Australia

• There are about 200 American military personnel in Australia. Almost all are a part of the embassy staff or are exchange officers or enlisted personnel. There are also American military bases in Australia, in particular Pine Gap. Due to the nature of work carried out, little is publicly known about Pine Gap and other US facilities in Australia.

Warning sign on the road to Pine Gap. ...

Europe

The US military has about 116,000 soldiers in Europe.

• Germany –75,603 soldiers. The US military has had a presence in Germany since 1945.
• Italy – 13,354
• United Kingdom – 11,801
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2,931
• Spain – 1,968
• Turkey – 1,863 – Deployed mainly due to the threat from Iraq
• Iceland – 1,754
• Serbia (include. Kosovo) – 1,733 Troops are part of KFOR
• Belgium – 1,534
• Portugal – 1,016 – Deployed on the Azores Islands
• Netherlands – 722
• Greece – 562
• Greenland - 122
• Macedonia – 104 – Part of KFOR
• Afloat—2,534

Anthem: Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city)  Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Parliamentary republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  - Formation 8th century   - Independence c. ... Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova),(Serbian: Косово и Метохија or Kosovo i Metohija, also Космет or Kosmet) is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. ... Pocket badge of the KFOR Ukrainian soldier on foot patrolling in Serbian village near Brezovica KFOR vehicle of the French Army The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ... Portuguese) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. ...

Central Asia

• Kyrgyzstan – About 1,000 American personnel are stationed at Ganci Air Base as part of OEF.
• Georgia – 38 Marines are deployed in Kritsanisi to train Georgian soldiers as part of OEF.

Ganci Air Base is an American military installation at Manas International Airport near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, primarily operated by the US Air Force. ...

Middle East

Not counting Iraq and Afghanistan, there are about 6,000 US military personnel in the Middle East

• Qatar – 3,432 troops; deployed since 1991
• Bahrain – 1,496
• United Arab Emirates - 1,117
• Saudi Arabia – 291
• Afloat – 592

1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Western Hemisphere

Not counting the US and its territories, there are about 2,200 troops in the Western Hemisphere

• Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – 700
• Honduras – 413 deployed for humanitarian and drug enforcement purposes
• Canada – 147
• Manta, Ecuador - American base to counter drugs
• Afloat –25

For other titular locales, see Guantanamo (disambiguation). ... Humanitarianism is the view that all people should be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve as human beings, and that advancing the well-being of humanity is a noble goal. ... Manta is a mid-sized city in Manabí Province, Ecuador. ...

United States

There are 1,168,195 troops on active duty in the United States and its territories ActiveDuty. ...

• The contiguous United States – 958,215
• Transients – 47,391
• Hawaii – 35,810
• Guam – 3,315
• Puerto Rico - 769
• Alaska – 17,989
• Afloat – 120,666

The continental United States refers (except sometimes in U.S. federal law and regulations) to the largest part of the U.S. that is delimited by a continuous border. ... Transient means passing with time. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ...

External links

• DoD deployment numbers - (PDF file)
• Current deployment map – PBS